Walter Seabrook

Walter Seabrook
Personal information
Full name Walter George Seabrook
Born (1904-02-12)12 February 1904
Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England
Died 13 June 1988(1988-06-13) (aged 84)
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, England
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium
Relations Frederick Seabrook (brother)
Archibald Spens (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928 Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Balls bowled 12
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 July 2011

Walter George Seabrook (12 February 1904 – 13 June 1988) was an English cricketer. Seabrook was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born in Brockworth, Gloucestershire and was educated at Haileybury, where he represented the college cricket team.[1]

Seabrook made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against Kent in the 1928 County Championship.[2] In this match he was dismissed for a duck twice, while with the ball he bowled 2 wicket-less overs.[3] The following year he married Margaret Joan Spens, the couple would go on to have three children.[4] Seabrook later served in World War II, by December 1944 he held the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire Regiment.[5] On 30 May 1945, Seabrook relinquished his commission and left the army.[6] He later died in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire on 13 June 1988.

His brother-in-law, Archibald Spens, played a single first-class match for the Europeans in the British Raj, while his brother, Frederick, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Cambridge University.

References

  1. ↑ "Teams Walter Seabrook played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Seabrook". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Kent v Gloucestershire, 1928 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Spens history". www.nathanielspens.com. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "No. 36962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1945-02-27. p. 1194.
  6. ↑ "No. 37178". The London Gazette. 1945-07-13. p. 3663.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.